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Bertha M. Clay

Bertha M. Clay

Frederick van Rensselaer Dey was an American dime novelist and pulp fiction writer active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Lived
1865–1922
Nationality
American
Language
English

Frederick van Rensselaer Dey (1861–1922) was an American author who specialized in dime novels and pulp fiction. Born on February 10, 1861, Dey dedicated his career to the production of popular, mass-market literature during a transitional period in American publishing.\n\nAs a dime novelist and pulp writer, Dey was part of a literary movement that provided affordable, sensational entertainment to a broad public audience. His career spanned several decades until his death on April 25, 1922.